SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- For months 7 on Your Side has been reporting on the dangers of lithium batteries. They've exploded without warning in some hoverboards, smartphones, laptops and ...

Though the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Underwriter Laboratories (UL) both assured us last summer that phones are quite safe, some people still can’t catch a break. We’ve learned of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Officials say a battery for construction equipment exploded at police headquarters in Ohio’s capital, causing a boom that prompted an evacuation and search of the building in ...

The cost of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries is running at nearly three times those of normal house fires, a top insurer has revealed.

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge ...

It was time for a family photo at a recent holiday gathering in Flat Rock when a young person whipped out a portable ...

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — A tank battery explosion in North Dakota’s oil patch shut down a highway for several hours, according to ...

TL;DR: The Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold failed durability tests, bending catastrophically at the antenna line and causing battery short-circuit explosions. Despite Google's claims of extreme durability ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over the last two decades or so, there's been a significant shift in the way that battery-powered devices are rolled out. These days, it's ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...